Kent State Basketball Player Arrested for Burglary

A member of the men's basketball team faces charges of burglary and criminal damaging after an early morning altercation Wednesday with his ex-girlfriend.

Jarekious D. Bradley, 20, of Memphis, TN, has been charged with one count of aggravated burglary, a first-degree felony, and one count of criminal damaging, a second-degree misdemeanor, after barging in to his ex-girlfriend's apartment early Wednesday morning, according to the Portage County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff's office received a call from Bradley's ex-girlfriend, who authorities did not identify, claiming Bradley forced his way into her apartment and demanded money he said she owed him. Bradley tried to take money from her purse, the pair struggled and the woman was injured.

Several other people who were in the apartment gave Bradley money to get him to leave, according to the sheriff's office.

Deputies arrested Bradley later in the day Wednesday without incident, and he has been cooperating with the investigation since.

He is being held at the Portage County jail without bail and will be arraigned on the charges later this afternoon.

Bradley, a 6-foot-5-inch star shooting guard from East Memphis High School, came to Kent State to play basketball last fall. A star high school player, Bradley was a highly sought-after recruit.